8/28/09: A Week in Crime, Day 5

Nicole Harvey tends to her daughter's friend after the girl was involved in a fight on Lauderdale at Laclede. "I just seen my baby's little friend on the ground," Harvey said, adding she didn't know what happened. Police responded to a report of fighting in the area, and more than 30 people were in the streets when they arrived on the scene. Paramedics and police had a hard time keeping the crowd from swarming the two injured girls.

Antonio Jones, 11, (left) and Careale Rogers III, 7, watch police and paramedics at the scene of a street fight at Lauderdale and Laclede. The two boys live in the neighborhood.

Burglary suspect Jeffery Butcher is transported to The Med after falling while trying to escape security guards at the Technicolor warehouse in South Memphis.

When Elias Spinosa arrived at his home on Macon, he realized that someone had broken in and stolen some of his money and electronics. Police say Spanish-speaking victims have gotten more comfortable reporting crimes to police in recent years.

Patrolman Chris Bell pulled over Anwar Goods for driving without his lights on at Breedlove and Jackson. He wrote the 20-year-old a ticket for not having a driver's license.

Patrolman Chris Bell checks to see if the displayed temporary license plate is authentic on a car he pulled over on Danny Thomas. He found that the 20-year-old driver had no insurance and wrote her a citation.

Patrolman Chris Bell pulled over Rodney McGhee for having a cracked tail light at Watkins and Jackson. He found that the 28-year-old driver had two pending warrants for his arrest. McGhee was arrested and taken Downtown for fingerprinting.

Union Precinct Task Force Lt. Danny Barham (left) confronts suspect Troy Thomas on why Thomas ran from the police at Jefferson near North Claybrook. Thomas said he didn't realize that it was the police chasing him. Witnesses confirmed that officers screamed who they were during the two-block chase. Thomas was charged with evading on foot, resisting arrest, and criminal trespass after he ran when officers approached him behind some vacant apartments on Beauregard, a known drug spot.

As the sun began to set on a Friday night, more calls started to come in. Charita Mason admitted to stabbing her boyfriend, Clinton Pearson (pictured), with a large knife while the two were arguing. She was charged with aggravated assault and taken away in a police car; he was taken away in the ambulance. They lived on Southern Oaks.